Maria+Lira

SUMMARY: Maria Lira, age 19, died October 16, 1974 after an abortion at Riveria Hospital in Los Angeles County, CA.

Life Dynamics lists 19-year-old Maria T. Lira on their "[|Blackmun Wall]" of women killed by legal abortions.

LDI notes that Maria was a college student when she went to Riveria Hospital on October 14, 1974, to undergo an abortion. After she'd been discharged, Maria had problems and returned. Staff performed a D&C, then discharged her again. That night, she went to the emergency room due to excessive bleeding.

She was sent to Torrance Memorial Hospital for treatment, where she died on October 16. The autopsy found a decomposing fetus in her uterus, which had caused infection and DIC (disseminated intravacsular coagulopathy), which prevented clotting, causing the hemorrhage that killed Maria.

According to genealogical records, Maria was born September 1, 1955, in Illinois.

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.



LDI Sources: State of California, Certificate of Death 0190-046136; Los Angeles County Coroner��s Report # 74-13490

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